Chapter 540
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When Li Musheng and his party arrived at the Jiang family mansion, the apprenticeship ceremony was already more than halfway through.
However, Cao Gaoshan, relying on the invitation sent by the Jiang family, slowly drove his carriage into the Jiang family's gate under the watchful eyes of the many martial arts figures who were blocked outside the mansion.
"Who is this person? Why are they only arriving now? Most of the martial arts masters and renowned figures who have come today have already fought each other, and the apprenticeship ceremony is almost over."
Outside the Jiang family mansion, a martial arts expert voiced in confusion. At this moment, the gazes of the group of martial arts practitioners fell on a majestic white tiger with a pure white coat following behind the carriage.
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but show expressions of amazement.
The main reason was that the white tiger in front of them was that it was strong and tall, with glossy and smooth fur all over its body, as pure as the white snow of Tianshan Mountain without a single stray hair. Moreover, the faint aura of majesty emanating from its body made the group of martial arts practitioners around it feel intimidated.
The big white cat clearly enjoyed the gazes of the crowd of martial arts practitioners. With its head held high and eyes straight ahead, it strode past them with its thick legs. Although it was a cat, it exuded the aura of a fierce mountain tiger.
Before long, Li Musheng and Shen Anran stepped off the carriage and, led by the servants of the Jiang family, arrived at the largest martial arts arena in the mansion.
The Jiang family's martial arts arena covers a vast area, with the entire massive platform, spanning several dozen feet in circumference, constructed entirely of molten copper, making it incredibly sturdy.
Around the training ground, almost all of the hundreds of seats were occupied by people, all of whom were martial arts masters from the Western Desert and even the entire martial arts world. Among them were renowned martial arts overlords such as the Holy Lord of the Yellow Springs Department, the Lord of the Yellow Sands, and the Deputy Lord of the Mirage Tower.
The so-called apprentice-acceptance ceremony is not actually for selecting apprentices, since there is only one genius in a thousand years. In essence, it is still for Jiang Wang, as the apprentice, to choose his master.
In this way, those who stepped onto the Jiang family's martial arts stage were all renowned masters and elders from the Western Desert and even the entire martial arts world.
In order to take this genius young man from the Jiang family as their disciple, all the martial arts masters would show off their best skills and methods. Only in this way could they stand out from a group of true masters and be chosen by Jiang Wang to become his disciple.
When Li Musheng arrived, most of the martial arts masters sitting around the training ground had already demonstrated their proud and renowned martial arts skills.
Even former rivals from the martial arts world sparred with each other in the arena.
However, these exchanges were all relatively restrained, and no serious fights broke out.
After all, in this situation, everyone would be more mindful of their reputation. If they couldn't control their tempers and started fighting to the death, they would not only be at a disadvantage among a group of experts, but would also become a laughing stock in the eyes of others.
A servant led Li Musheng to sit down on a grand chair near the front of the martial arts arena, and a maidservant immediately served him tea and snacks.
At the same time, the old steward of the Jiang family had also received news of Li Musheng's arrival and immediately came behind the head of the Jiang family to whisper the news to him.
The head of the Jiang family was sitting in the stands in the host's position at the martial arts arena. To his left sat an old ancestor of the Jiang family who had retired many years ago, and to his right sat the master of the White Tiger Temple who was in charge of the entire White Emperor City.
Today's main character, Jiang Wang, a renowned genius youth in the Western Desert martial arts world, sat beside the Jiang family's ancestor, while behind him stood two elderly men who had been resting with their eyes closed the entire time.
Upon hearing the old steward's report, the Jiang family patriarch looked towards the other side of the martial arts arena where Li Musheng was. Although he had heard of the many exploits of this prince from the distant Dali in the martial arts world, he had never seen him in person.
Upon seeing Li Musheng's handsome and youthful appearance from afar, the Jiang family patriarch's expression subtly shifted, though no one knew his true thoughts.
"I understand. You may leave now. Remember not to neglect our distinguished guest."
The Jiang family patriarch withdrew his gaze and gave a few simple instructions to the old steward behind him, showing no intention of personally meeting Li Musheng for the time being.
Upon hearing this, the old steward agreed and quietly withdrew. Jiang Wang, who had caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, glanced in the direction the Jiang family head had been looking, then narrowed his eyes slightly and asked:
"Father, has the eighth prince of the Great Li Dynasty arrived?"
The Jiang family patriarch nodded slightly, then glanced at the White Tiger Temple Master beside him with a smile and said:
"I originally thought that with the Palace Master here, the Prince of Dali would not come to the Jiang family today. I didn't expect that he would arrive late even though the disciple-acceptance ceremony was almost over."
The White Tiger Temple Master glanced at Li Musheng's location, his expression calm, and said:
"All who come are guests. Since this prince has come to this apprentice-acceptance ceremony, he must have some interest in Wang'er."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Jiang Wang and asked, seemingly casually:
"I wonder what Wang'er thinks of this Eighth Prince of Dali, who is famous throughout the martial arts world, and whether she has any intention of becoming his disciple?"
Faced with the White Tiger Temple Master's sudden question, Jiang Wang was slightly taken aback, but quickly returned to normal.
Then, he stood up from his seat, bowed to the Temple Master of the White Tiger Temple, and replied:
"The Palace Master asked me what I thought of that Prince of Dali. I really found it hard to answer. The world of martial arts is so vast. Although I have some talent, I am still far inferior to that Prince of Dali who could single-handedly crush a top martial arts sect."
"Therefore, it is not very meaningful for me to make comments about the other party based on my limited knowledge and without knowing much about them."
Upon hearing this, the Palace Master of the White Tiger Temple gave Jiang Wang a deep look. He wasn't displeased that Jiang Wang hadn't directly answered his question; instead, he nodded with satisfaction and said:
"I hope my son is highly talented but not arrogant, and has an excellent character."
As he spoke, he withdrew his gaze from Jiang Wang and said:
"If you want to go further and more steadily on the path of martial arts, you must take one step at a time. Those who are impatient, arrogant and conceited will never be able to truly calm down and comprehend the true meaning of martial arts."
"Moreover, talent is just a stepping stone to the path of martial arts. As you just said, the world of martial arts is too vast, and you never know if there are even more monstrous geniuses."
Upon hearing this, the people on the stands of the martial arts arena fell silent for a moment, until Jiang Wang bowed again to the Palace Master of the White Tiger Temple and said:
"Thank you for your teachings, Highness. I will keep them in mind."
At this moment, the head of the Jiang family laughed loudly, gestured for Jiang Wang to sit down, and said:
"Wang'er has been humble since childhood, never showing off, and focusing solely on martial arts training. If the Palace Master were to take Wang'er as his disciple in the future, please put in a lot of effort." (End of Chapter)